The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-03-19
WASHINGTON.
From our regular Correspondent

UltItlNl tailt ma ISS eptl%I SOL
tude Of thirty, ar Of ever ten yeara
ago. The growth OF the Capital
hss boon prorortionatoly greater
than the marvellous growth OF the
country. The coming and going
OF Congress" is ma longer IT'S lite or
deSth. Tho President, the Cabl-
net, the heads OF the great cavern
ment offices, Generals, Adnirais,
judges, Journalists, Senators. aud
Members of the lower l!uues live
ar liuger here the greater part of
the year. The capital has become
Il center for conventions. Il Mecca
fer eNcurSi0nists, and not u bad
pace for clippers and either crsnks.
Tie art galleries, museums, the
monumental and architectural at
fractions OF Washington are not
equalled by those OF any city in this
hemisphere and a,e scarcely eX
ce!lcd ky the great cities Of the old
world. give US time and ap
propriatlons," said u dist nguished
traveller, "Aud we will distance ri
valry AZ tar aS our wealth and
railroads distance those Of any 9TH
er people" What physical won
der will not wealth when wedaed
10 sMtygr accomplish And what
monstr"siti:s ii will accomplish
il Giyarsch fran taste, intelligence.
ANd neral pHrp"sest It would be
well fer Us, - N people, t0 eIuind
sur vanity Occasionally that mere
hig!lEsEs ia S"t gresthcss. Tbs
tIsrtljNX Say bs al SlemGn Of the
sublime, but it 10 also an tltmtn
@ ihu Er tasquS. IA tor example,
loSk Ut rDs new penaioD building.
tho G"At ufcanny ils Of red brick
Ii the . 4rld, &nG At the equestrian
mDnumsnS If Washington and
Scott.
All the wcrld will remain in
Wa-hinstou until sitter the great
List ~Dai, comparative dill, which
is TO bsg!n ;ie 22nd Of Nay, and
to continue tor week or more.
Crack companies representing foot,
h~rae aud artillery, will be here
from all parts OF thu Union. The
drill will br on the large and per
fectly level plain south Sf the
White House. TIE lEtsst story il
that ~Jeiicrpon Davis will accompa-
NY Mississippi infantry Company
as it's gnest. From ten to fifteen
thousand halliday soldiers will lie
here. accomplished By th"ir sisters,
Cousins, and aunts, and thousands
of visitors are expected from all
parts of the country.
Tie final hears Of Congress were
hurried and turbulent ; bills which
should have hNd the careful eon-
sideratien OF days, were raIlroaded
through ut the eleventh hour in
the hope Of avoiding an extra SEES.
siOn. There were about two nun
Lred measures loft vi the two cal
enderS when Congress adjourned
on Friday, representing work in
con mittee and elsewhere whicli
would have taken the lifetime Of shy
single lawyer to perform, Hun.
dreds OF thu measures which will
die with this Congress have Occu.
pied rs many IA half \ dozen meet.
ingS of committees, composed 81
from nine to fifteen members,
most Of whsrn ere active workers,
and Whose time devoted to law.
medicine, AID vsher propssaions q
b%ssinets aonid command high re
MuHsrAiI ~. Meat ct the mrAhure'
which vii, die on the calendar,
are Of IA pti'"tc nature, for claims
pensions. clc., but More than ont
third OF them Rre OF genera
character, snd one Evur.h ot then
ofnationai ~."s;ytnr,v
Opite = NuD ter Ut importan.
oi'is have be.n ss-ra by the las.
Congress, aNny OF them III yrcs